Posted on 09/07/2005 7:09:29 PM PDT by wagglebee
2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that she favors rolling back the Bush tax cuts to fund reconstruction efforts in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Asked where the money to rebuild the city should come from, Mrs. Clinton told NBC's "Today Show": "It comes from the first instance in not making those tax cuts for rich people like us permanent." "Let's get back to shared sacrifice," Clinton insisted, defending her tax hike plan. "Let's take care of each other. Let's plan for the future. Let's do what is necessary to put Americans first again."
Mrs. Clinton has consistently argued for a tax hike ever since she was elected to the Senate.
Last year she told a San Francisco audience: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
In 2003 Clinton argued for a tax hike to pay for the Iraq war.
In Nov. 2001, the former first lady blamed the 9/11 attacks on the Bush tax cuts, telling CNN: "If we hadn't passed the big tax cut last spring, that I believe undermined our fiscal responsibility and our ability to deal with this new threat of terrorism, we wouldn't be in the fix we're in today."
Typical rat tactic. This should really help her run for prez. NOT!
Socialism defined-Hillary. Redistribute the wealth, that's the answer.
Wow, that didn't take long.
Typical Democrat response to any phenomenon, good or bad, is to raise taxes.
They just can't help it.
It's a Pavlovian reflex with them.
Typical response from a dyed in the wool COMMUNIST!
Let's discuss how you got "rich" *itch. Lies, lies and more lies and doing anything for money and power, that's how.
Flashback ...
"Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you," Sen. Clinton said. "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/06/28/politics2039EDT0165.DTL&type=printable
Oops, bird crapped in the park. We need to raise taxes!
Well, I'm sure once we raised enough money to pay for Katrina, Hillary would support ending the tax...
NOT
So much for the vaunted "move to the center"....
My goodness! My husband fussed at me last week for sending donations to the Salvation Army, the Animal Rescue League, the Law Enforcement Officers Relief Fund, Samaritan's Purse, etc. He said we shouldn't donate anything because the government was going to make forcible donations for us, by way of increased taxes. I don't want to have to listen to him say "I told you so."
I have worked hard all my life to earn what I have and people like Hillary want to take from me and give to people who haven't earned it.
She is the worst thing that could happen to this country.
I propose a one-time 10% Wealth Tax on filthy rich liberals such as Ted Kennedy and Teresa Heinz and her gigolo whathisname.
Is it just dawning that she's an empty dress?
Relax. She will defeat herself.
Funny, according to brainy liberals the people of New Orleans are still dirt poor after decades of government transfers and trillions spent on the War on Poverty. But that's the wonderful thing about idiot socialism. It never shows any results and the solution is always the same.
Don't forget selling pardons, selling technology to the enemy and we still don't know who collected from the oil for food fiasco.
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